Pismo Beach

Easter morning we left home and headed to Pismo Beach for a little Spring Break camping trip. Sunday was spent traveling and setting up the campsite. Just after we finished setting up our sites it started to rain. So the rest of the evening was spent inside our trailers watching a movie and having dinner. Sunday night it rained hard and the wind blew. But Monday morning we awoke to clearing sky's and sunshine.

Monday at the beach for a bit. Although the sun was out, the wind was very cold.

Playing at the campsite. It was a bit warmer up at the site than it was down at the beach.

Tuesday we went for a walk into town and spent sometime on the pier.

This is a picture of all of our shadows looking off the pier.

Later in the day on Tuesday we took the kids back to the beach to play. The weather was a lot warmer than it was on Monday. John and Art decided to give in to their pleading and begging children and let them take off their socks and shoes, roll up their pants and run barefoot in the water. They had a blast.

On the way back to the campsite from the beach, Nicholas fell in the sand. Since he was wet, the sand just stuck to him. They had a blast though.

It was a short but sweet trip. Camping trips always seem to come to end too soon.

Easter

Easter morning the girls were up early to see what the Easter Bunny brought them. They got Messenger bags that they could color and decorate, some candy and some flip flops.

Mikayla's 7th Birthday Party

Today we had a birthday party for Mikayla. The theme for this party was "ladybugs".

I was trying to get a picture of just Mikayla, but some of her friends wanted to join in too. So I wasn't successful with that.

We started off the party with eating pizza and Capri Suns.
Once again, John, my mom and myself were amazed at how much girls can eat. John only got to eat the crust left from Ashlee's pizza and I got one slice.

The first game we played was pin the spot on the ladybug. The girls had a lot of fun with this game.

Next we played Ladybug Landing. It was like muscial chairs, except the girls were flying ladybugs and they had to land on a leaf when the music stopped. At the end they all landed on a leaf, each leaf had a number and they got a prize with their number on it. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of that game.


Next the girls divided up into teams for a scavenger hunt. They had 10 minutes to find items on their list. The team with the most items won. Needless to say. Both teams found all the items so they all received a ring pop.

Instead of cake we had Ladybug Cupcakes. I was disappointed that they didn't turn out as cute as the picture. I guess I am not a cake decorator. The girls didn't seem to mind. They thought they were cute and asked for seconds.

Mikayla opening gifts.

A couple group shots.

Back row: Ashlee, Hailee, Alyssa, Julia, Sarah, Riley

Front row: Brooke, Emma, Mikayla, Allison

The party ended with an easter egg hunt, since tomorrow is Easter. The girls all had fun and Mikayla enjoyed her party. Maybe one of these years the weather will cooperate and we can have a party outdoors instead of in the garage. It was so cold today. The girls were shivering and asking to go inside because it was so cold. But in spite of the cold weather we all had fun. Happy Birthday Mikayla. We are proud of who you are and what you have accomplished.

Mikayla's Birthday, Spring Fling, Swimming

Today Mikayla turned 7 years old. It's hard to believe that she is already 7. We got up bright and early so that we could go pick up donuts to share with her class this morning.

Today was also the last day of school before Spring Break. In the afternoon they had a Spring Fling. They got to do several crafts and activities such as:

Rainbow Foot Prints




Making dirt cups (chocolate pudding, oreo cookies and gummy worms).


They also had graham crackers with pastel colored frosting. Mikayla somehow got frosting in her hearing aid in this picture and is trying to get it out.

The girls also started their first day of swimming for the Ceres Dolphins Swim Team today. Unfortunately it was about 60 degrees with about 10mph winds on top of it. It was freezing. John and I where shivering watching them. Luckily the pool was heated. They didn't seem to mind. Mikayla loves it. Ashlee is trying to get use to it. Friday's practice went much better for her so hopefully she will stick with it and not give up. It' s going to be a long next four months though, with practice 5 days a week and swim meets every Saturday.

Mikayla is the one in the green hat.